Improvement in eaves-troughs



UNITED, STATES PATENT QFFICE CHARLES A. o'oDDine, or DOWAGIAO, MICHIGAN.

IMPROVEMENT IN EAVES-TROUGHS.

Specification ng part of Letters Patent No. 1 68,231, dated September 28,1875; application filed j September 7, 1875.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES A. GoDDrNG, of Dowagiac, in the county of Cass and State of Michigan, have invented a new and Improved Eaves-Trough; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and

exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification, in which Figure l is a transverse section through line w as,- Fig. 2, an inverted plan.

I The invention relates to certain improvements in the half'round eaves-troughs attached to the lower edges of the roofs of houses forthe purpose of conducting away the water. As ordinarily constructed, said troughs are composedof sections of sheet metal lapped and soldered together and bent v in semi-cylindrical shape, one of the edges being headedor bent around so asto form a continuous tube, to impart stiffness to the trough. The sections thus fastened together are very liable to come apart, and the trough become useless for the purpose intended.

My invention consists of a band of metal soldered upon the transverse lap-seam, and fastened at one end beneath the'stiffeningtube, and bent over the edge of the trough and soldered at the other. It also consists in,

a brace-bar, one end of which is bent around and soldered to the tube, and the other soldered to the opposite side of the trough, to brace and hold the sides of the trough the proper distance apart.

In the drawing, AA represent sections. of the sheet metal forming the eaves-trough,

. which are lapped atthe ends, soldered, and

bent into a half-round or semi-cylin drical shape. B is the continuous bead or tube formed upon one side of the trough by bending the metal into a tubular or cylindrical form. Said tube or bead serves to stifi'en the trough in longitudinal direction, and also affords an attachment to which my brace and band are fastened. O is said brace, which consists of a strip of sheet metal fluted longitudinally to give it stiffness, and fastened at one end by being bent around and soldered to the tube, and at the other by being bent over and soldered to the other side of the trough. D is a brace-bar also secures great advantage in that its bend around the tube serves to assist the solder in holding it in position.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim .as new is e 1. The combination, with the sections of metal forming the trough, of the bands D, soldered upon the lapseams and fastened at one end beneath the tube or bead, and bent at the other'over the side of the trough, as and for the purpose described.

2. The combination, with the sides of the trough, of the brace G, bent over and soldered to the side of the trough at one end, and bent around and soldered to the tube or bead at the other, for the purpose described.

CHARLES A. GODDING.

, Witnesses:

HENRY MICHAEL, '1. W. ADAMS. 

